Farm & Ranch

Missouri Farm Bureau president Garrett Hawkins says they are disappointed the Missouri legislature failed to pass legislation curbing Eminent Domain abuse. He says the use of eminent domain for […]

The pandemic transformed the way people shop for and cook food. Christopher DuBois with IRI, a data analytics and market research company, says there are four trends that he believes will stay […]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were down on the lower midday boxed beef, while feeder cattle were supported by the drop in corn. June live cattle were down $.30 at $115.30 and August […]

Weather allowed an Upper Great Plains farmer to complete planting faster than has been possible the last couple of wet years. Finishing corn and soybean planting Wednesday, Jordan Scott says he is […]

Wisconsin’s Transportation Secretary says there are more agricultural shipments using the Great Lakes. Craig Thompson says, “Just in 2020 alone, grain shipping on the Great Lakes increased by […]

Central Ohio farmer John Linder says after nearly ideal conditions in early April, he hasn’t been able to plant in May. “There’s certainty a little stress to be at the end of the second week […]

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai says the proposed World Trade Organization waiver on intellectual property rights as they pertain to COVID vaccines is temporary. At a finance committee […]

The Michigan Asparagus Advisory Board has tapped Jamie Clover Adams to serve as its new executive director. Clover Adams is a former director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Kansas […]

Senior Republican leaders and President Biden say their meeting on infrastructure this week (last week) was positive and will lead to another meeting next week. The Senators have been asked to come […]

The Army Corps of Engineers says progress continues to be made on Missouri River levee repairs.  Mike Dulin is the emergency management specialist with the Kansas City District. “We are nearing […]

Jacob Zajkowski is the new Ohio FFA president. The northwest Ohio native and senior at Anthony Wayne High School says he is hopeful his non-traditional agricultural background will highlight the […]

May corn closed at $6.85, down 34 centsMay soybeans closed at $16.03 and 3/4, down 8 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $423.50, unchangedMay soybean oil closed at 68.41, up 37 pointsMay wheat […]

A Northeast Iowa farmer says he’s waiting for rain.  “It’s dry.  It’s really showing in pastures and hay fields, all of it.” Matt Hoeft who farms near Charles City in Floyd County says […]

Soybeans were modestly higher on commercial and technical buying, still ending the week modestly to sharply lower. Contracts bounced back a little from Thursday’s meltdown, watching tight near-term […]

The Chicago Fed says farmland values and credit positions in the district improved in the first quarter. Senior business economist David Oppedahl says farmland values increased seven percent […]